Alexis Gambis


Alexis Gambis is a French Venezuelan film director, writer, producer and biologist. He is best known for his work on the film The Fly Room. He is a 2019 TED Fellow.

Life and career

Alexis holds a Masters of Fine Arts from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. While there, he collaborated with James Franco and eleven other student filmmakers to co-direct The Color of Time. He also holds a Ph.D in molecular biology from the Rockefeller University. He is an Assistant Professor of Biology, Film & New Media at NYU Abu Dhabi.
Alexis's debut feature film The Fly Room premiered at the 15th Annual Woodstock Film Festival. In 2018, his short film, The Monarch Mimes , was showcased at the Morelia International Film Festival. He is currently in post-production of his second feature film, Son of Monarchs, starring Tenoch Huerta, William Mapother, Paulina Gaitán and Angélica Aragón. He is the founder of both the annual Imagine Science Film Festival and science film streaming platform Labocine.

Filmography